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November 3, 2010
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I have made a list of my guns and included the serial numbers. I have let a few gun shops keep the list. Is it a bad idea to give all this information out? The list is for record purposes and insurance purposes and trying to keep track of the gun values.
Thanks in advance for your response,
Conrad
January 22, 2008
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I keep a list of my guns with the serial numbers but don't give it out. I personally don't want others to know the full existent of what I have.
January 22, 2008
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I too keep a spread sheet of all my firearms, serial numbers, amount paid, special features and extras, where purchased from and, if sold, sale price and where it went. I keep a backup of the file on a memory stick and store is in one of my safes. I would never give this information out as there is a chance of it falling into the wrong hands. Like Jody says, I don't want others to know the extent of my collection. No one but myself and my wife knows all of what we have.
One of these days I'll link pictures of each firearm to it's respective listing in the spreadsheet.
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May 17, 2010
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I am trying to do the same.
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January 24, 2009
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I take pics of everything I have (probably too many pics ), and write down the corresponding serial numbers on a pair of redundant lists, stored separately. If there's a fire one day & my house is turned to rubble, the pics may help convince the insureance dude that there was at least something of value in there.
Nobody but me knows exactly how many firearms I have...nobody.
February 20, 2008
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Charger said it! I give an inventory CD to a close family member
who also has our wills.
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January 22, 2008
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As a side note most Home Owners policies will only cover $5000 worth of firearms. Really doesn't take many guns to hit that mark!
I need to renew my personal articles policy!
Nobody but me knows exactly how many firearms I have…nobody.
Charge same here.
November 14, 2009
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There are a lot of interesting thoughts here. I don't do any of that because I know Insurance companies are just a money making scam for someone else's pockets. I lost a very significant amount of tools and automobiles and a barn to a fire and got $2500 for it. Not near enough. But in hindsight, I like the memory stick idea best in the 3 hour fire rated safe idea best.
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November 3, 2010
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ALL Great ideas! Thanks for posting! I have CD burned and stored in a safe and other cd's in diff. locations. I know I need more pictures as the ones I have aren't the best. Soo...off to cleaning, researching, and cataloging 
October 13, 2009
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Jody said:
As a side note most Home Owners policies will only cover $5000 worth of firearms. Really doesn't take many guns to hit that mark!
I need to renew my personal articles policy!
Nobody but me knows exactly how many firearms I have…nobody.
Charge same here.
I have my Home Owners with State Farm, and my agent has assured me, that regardless of number of firearms, I will be covered under replacement clost. As a side note: in 1994 our house was robbed of about $12,000 worth of items. What I found about about replacement cost was this: we actually had to purchase like items. So if I had a camera stolen, I could replace it with a "like camera" Same with a gun, could replace it with a "like value gun" I felt that SF really treated us fairly. I think some policies pay out cash, but for the most part it is my understanding is, that policies reimbuse for "like items."
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February 28, 2009
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That could make reimbursement difficult or non-existant. If you can't buy a replacement in like condition because none are offered for sale, you get nothing. Also, I'll bet the insurance company determines what condition is a valid replacement.
My cameras are all insured for what I spent to purchase them. At least I get something and I get to choose the replacement.
JMO.
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January 24, 2009
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zoommb said:
My cameras are all insured for what I spent to purchase them. Aty least I get something and I get to choose the replacement.
Is that through your home insurance?
I guess I'll have to ask about this subject next time I'm talking with my agent, so I'll have a better understanding of what to expect.
October 27, 2010
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My dad was looking at this through our home insurance, cuz he has A LOT of handguns and there was a limit like $5000, which could be covered in about 3 or 4 guns. Apparently there is some sort of firearm insurance offerred through the NRA, might try looking into that if anything were to happen.
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February 28, 2009
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Charger Fan said:
zoommb said:
My cameras are all insured for what I spent to purchase them. Aty least I get something and I get to choose the replacement.
Is that through your home insurance?
I guess I'll have to ask about this subject next time I'm talking with my agent, so I'll have a better understanding of what to expect.
Yes. My agent said that they were all already covered except in the event of "mysterious disappearance" (meaning theft). So I made up a spreadsheet with all of the items with serial numbers and cost. That caused a real boost in my insurance cost.
I think I'm going to look into the NRA insurance too.
-Mike
November 3, 2010
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All great posts and ideas!!! Thanks and I'm going to look into the NRA insurance myself.
Back to the original question...it seems that there are only 2 reasons to NOT give out serial numbers:1. some jackwagon could try to claim it was their stolen gun 2. others may see your entire collection
Other comments...maybe doing a poll would be best thing ?
Conrad
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